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Potato Files and 5th Diseworth Working Weekend DVDs available

Tractor Barn duo Stephen Richmond and Jonathan Whitlam have released two new programmes. Both are available from Old Pond Publishing.

The Potato Files retails at £15.95. The Diseworth 5th Working Weekend is £13.95. Prices include VAT.

Old Pond provisional publishing schedule December 2010 - July 2011

Old Pond Publishing
Provisional publishing schedule December 2010-July 2011

December
Seventy Years of Farm Machinery Part Two: Harvest, Brian Bell. Hardback, 246 x 189 mm, 224 pages inc. 300 photographs. ISBN 978-1-906853-50-1. £24.95. Details: blog 23 September. Now IN STOCK.

The Potato Files, Stephen Richmond and Jonathan Whitlam (Tractor Barn Productions). DVD, approx 100 minutes. ISBN 978-1-906853-54-9. £15.95 inc. VAT. Details: blog 25 September. Now IN STOCK.

Lincoln’s Excavators: the Ruston-Bucyrus Years 1945-1970, Peter Robinson (for Roundoak Publishing). Hardback, 336 pages inc. approx 600 photographs. ISBN 1-871565-52-9. £34.95 inc. VAT. Details: blog 29 August. Now IN STOCK

The 5th Diseworth Working Weekend: ploughs and combines, Stephen Richmond and Jonathan Whitlam (Tractor Barn Productions). DVD, approx 90 minutes. ISBN 978-1-906853-79-2. £13.95 inc. VAT. Details: blog 21 November. Now IN STOCK.

March
Big Plant: excavators and cranes in action, Geoff Lewis. 5-DVD set, approx 9 hours. ISBN 978-1-906853-87-7. £24.95 inc. VAT. Details: blog 29 January.

April
Know Your Ducks, Jack Byard. Paperback 104 x 155 mm (landscape), 96 pages inc. 44 photographs. ISBN 978-1-906853-82-2. £4.99. Details: blog 29 January.

The Rubber Track Revolution, Chris Lockwood. DVD, approx 100 minutes. ISBN 978-1-906853-85-3. £16.95 inc. VAT. Details: blog 17 February.

Gardner: L Gardner & Sons Ltd, Graham Edge. Paperback, 275 x 205 mm, 216 pages inc. approx 280 photographs (8 pages colour). ISBN 978-1-906853-88-4. Approx £19.95. Details: blog 19 February. Now IN STOCK

May
Gwen and the Art of Tractor Travel, Josephine Roberts. Paperback, 198 x 129 mm, 148 pages inc. 4 pages photographs. ISBN 978-1-906853-84-6. £7.95. Details: blog 17 March

Scrap Metal Giants, Steven Vale. DVD, approx 80 minutes. ISBN 978-1-906853-86-0. £17.95 inc. VAT

June
The Horses of Appleby Fair, Heidi M Sands. Paperback 147 x 210 mm (landscape), 128 pages inc. 130 photographs. ISBN 978-1-906853-90-7. £9.95. Details: blog 1 March

Know Your Diggers, Paul Argent. Paperback 104 x 155 mm (landscape), 96 pages inc. 45 photographs. ISBN 978-1-906853-81-5. £4.99. Details: blog 31 March

The Working Horse Manual 2nd edition, Diana Zeuner. Paperback, 245 x 189 mm, 256 pages inc approx 260 photographs and line drawings. ISBN 978-1-906853-42-6. £24.95.

July
Walking with Giants: Europe's massive earthmovers, Steven Vale. Hardback, 280 x 220 mm, approx 256 pages inc. 300 photographs. ISBN 968-1-906853-83-9. Approx £24.95.

Diseworth 5th working weekend DVD advance information

The 5th Diseworth Working Weekend: ploughs and combines, Stephen Richmond and Jonathan Whitlam (Tractor Barn), DVD approx 90 minutes, now IN STOCK at £13.95.

Diseworth's 5th weekend saw a diverse range of tractors in action, including many TE20s Roadless conversions, Fordsons and Cats. Among the combine harvesters on display was the Claas Lexion 600.

This DVD is a companion to Working the Fields, the record of the 4th Diseworth event released by Tractor Barn early this year.

 

Book signings at the Newark Tractor Show

It was another excellent Newark Tractor show this past weekend. On the Old Pond stand we were lucky enough to be joined by Rob White signing copies of Starks' Harvesters.

County enthusiasts were glad to meet John Hull (on the right in the picture) signing copies of The Best Job Ever on the stand and recalling his experiences with the company for which he worked from 1967 to 1983.

Poacher DVD and County Tractors book in stock

John Hull's absorbing paperback The Best Job Ever (working for County) is available from Old Pond at £9.95.

Last year Charlotte Paton wrote the true story of Fred Rolfe, King of the Norfolk Poachers; this year she's put on DVD some of the background to her research. See The Truth Behind 'I Walked by Night'.

Three American Classic Tractor Fever DVDs in stock

At Old Pond we now have stock of three more Classic Tractor Fever DVDs.

Orange Spectacular,for Allis-Chalmers fans, shows highlights of the 15th Orange Spectacular event.

Preserving Pieces from Our Past, in magazine format deals with the restoration and preservation of tractors in the United States.

Defining History examines the impact on American farming of key examples of tractors and machinery.

More stills from Chris Lockwood's Rubber Track Revolution tractor DVD

Here are four more photographs taken by Chris during his filming: Claas Challenger 95E, Case IH Quadtrac 530, John Deere 9630T and Cat Challenger 65. For more information about the DVD which Old Pond expects to release in spring 2011 email [email protected].

 

 

 

 

Chris Lockwood's Rubber Track Revolution - tractor DVD filming

Thos who have enjoyed Chris Lockwood's DVDs Combine Harvesters Part One and Part Two will be glad to know that he has spent a lot of time in the fields with his video recorder this autumn. His next DVD to be released is The Rubber Track Revolution. This covers the development of rubber-tracked farm tractors from 1989 to the present day, with 25 examples filmed by Chris in the UK.

Below are four stills showing some machines Chris has been recording. You will see a John Deere 9320T, Challenger MT865C, Cat Challenger 75D and Track Marshall TM200. All the photographs have been taken by Chris.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Book and DVD offers online

Old Pond has now made its online offers of sets of titles at reduced prices fully compatible with its latest catalogue. The offers can be found here.

Lincoln's Excavators Parts 1 an 2 books available

Customers ordering online from Old Pond can now obtain Peter Robinson's detailed and highly illustrated hardbacks. Lincoln's Excavators: the Bucyrus Years 1875-1930 is now available here. Part Two: the Ruston-Bucyrus Years 1930-1945 is here.